HUMBLE - Authorities have charged a 41-year-old Huffman man in the homicide of Becky Hamilton, 52, of Huffman, whose body was found stuffed into a footlocker and dumped in a field just south of Humble near Greens Road Jan. 8.

Larry Allen Ricketts was arrested Jan. 15. He faces a murder charge and is being held in the Harris County Jail on a $200,000 bond.

According to court records, Ricketts beat Hamilton to death, “striking [her] in the head with an unknown object.”

Public records show Ricketts has a laundry list of prior convictions including two assaults resulting in bodily injury and possession of a controlled substance.

According to the Department of Public Safety Sex Offender Registration database, he is also a repeat sex offender who was found guilty of aggravated sexual assault of a 27-year-old woman, burglary of a habitation with intent to commit another felony, and indecency with an 8-year-old girl by contact.

Records show Ricketts was on parole when he allegedly murdered Hamilton, who was last seen leaving a New Year’s Eve party in the early morning hours of Jan. 1. Only a week earlier, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office had checked on Ricketts and his compliance with sex offender registration requirements.

Following an extensive search, Equusearch volunteers found Hamilton’s body a week after her disappearance.

At a recent press conference, Deborah Brossard, Hamilton’s sister, thanked the Huffman community for its support and asked for justice for her sister.

“I’m angry because they took something from me and my family for no reason,” Brossard said. “She didn’t deserve what she got.”